2 Corinthians 11:29 Cross References - BBE

²⁹ Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry?

⁶ Then one of the children of Israel came to his brothers, taking with him a woman of Midian, before the eyes of Moses and all the meeting of the people, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of meeting. ⁷ And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, seeing it, got up from among the people and took a spear in his hand, ⁸ And went after the man of Israel into the tent, driving the spear through the two of them, through the man of Israel and through the stomach of the woman. So the disease was stopped among the children of Israel. ⁹ But twenty-four thousand of them had come to their death by the disease. ¹⁰ And the Lord said to Moses, ¹¹ Through Phinehas, and because of his passion for my honour, my wrath has been turned away from the children of Israel, so that I have not sent destruction on them all in my wrath.

¹ Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. ² For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil. ³ And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.

⁶ And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry. ⁷ And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest. ⁸ And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word. ⁹ And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us? ¹⁰ Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing. ¹¹ Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them. ¹² Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement. ¹³ And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.

¹⁵ In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and getting in grain and putting it on asses; as well as wine and grapes and figs and all sorts of goods which they took into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I gave witness against them on the day when they were marketing food. ¹⁶ And there were men of Tyre there, who came with fish and all sorts of goods, trading with the children of Judah and in Jerusalem on the Sabbath. ¹⁷ Then I made protests to the chiefs of Judah, and said to them, What is this evil which you are doing, not keeping the Sabbath day holy? ¹⁸ Did not your fathers do the same, and did not our God send all this evil on us and on this town? but you are causing more wrath to come on Israel by not keeping the Sabbath holy. ¹⁹ And so, when the streets of Jerusalem were getting dark before the Sabbath, I gave orders for the doors to be shut and not to be open again till after the Sabbath: and I put some of my servants by the door so that nothing might be taken in on the Sabbath day. ²⁰ So the traders in all sorts of goods took their night's rest outside Jerusalem once or twice.

²³ And in those days I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab: ²⁴ And their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' language, but made use of the language of the two peoples. ²⁵ And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

¹⁷ And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

¹⁵ Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

¹ We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.

¹ It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife. ² And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you. ³ For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing; ⁴ In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, ⁵ That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.

⁵ I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers? ⁶ But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges. ⁷ More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?

¹⁵ Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be. ¹⁶ Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh. ¹⁷ But he who is united to the Lord is one spirit. ¹⁸ Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

¹³ For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.

²² To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.

²² What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.

²⁶ And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.

¹² Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead? ¹³ But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead: ¹⁴ And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect. ¹⁵ Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead. ¹⁶ For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again: ¹⁷ And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins. ¹⁸ And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction. ¹⁹ If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy. ²⁰ But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping. ²¹ For as by man came death, so by man there is a coming back from the dead. ²² For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life. ²³ But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming. ²⁴ Then comes the end, when he will give up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have put an end to all rule and to all authority and power. ²⁵ For his rule will go on till he has put all those who are against him under his feet. ²⁶ The last power to come to an end is death. ²⁷ For, as it says, He has put all things under his feet. But when he says, All things are put under him, it is clear that it is not said about him who put all things under him. ²⁸ And when all things have been put under him, then will the Son himself be under him who put all things under him, so that God may be all in all. ²⁹ Again, what will they do who are given baptism for the dead? if the dead do not come back at all, why are people given baptism for them? ³⁰ And why are we in danger every hour? ³¹ Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death. ³² If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end. ³³ Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour. ³⁴ Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

³⁶ Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again:

⁴ For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you. ⁵ But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you I say this that I may not be over-hard on you.

⁵ For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside. ⁶ But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;

¹³ For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light. ¹⁵ So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.

⁹ For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.

⁷ Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ. ⁸ But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him. ⁹ As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him. ¹⁰ Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

⁴ And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us; ⁵ To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you. ⁶ But from those who seemed to be important whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account: those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

¹⁴ But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?

¹ O foolish Galatians, by what strange powers have you been tricked, to whom it was made clear that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross? ² Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? ³ Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh?

⁸ But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods: ⁹ But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again? ¹⁰ You keep days, and months, and fixed times, and years. ¹¹ I am in fear of you, that I may have been working for you to no purpose. ¹² My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong; ¹³ But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time; ¹⁴ And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me. ¹⁶ So then am I no longer your friend, because I give you true words? ¹⁷ Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them. ¹⁸ But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you. ¹⁹ My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you, ²⁰ Truly my desire is to be present with you now, using a changed voice; for I am troubled about you.

² See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you. ³ Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law. ⁴ You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace.

² Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

⁵ For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing. ⁶ But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you; ⁷ For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith; ⁸ For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.

¹⁰ If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love: ¹¹ For he who gives him words of love has a part in his evil works.

³ My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever. ⁴ For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

² I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;

²⁰ But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods.

¹⁵ I have knowledge of your works, that you are not cold or warm: it would be better if you were cold or warm. ¹⁶ So because you are not one thing or the other, I will have no more to do with you. ¹⁷ For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing. ¹⁸ If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.